If you have Asian ancestry, you may find unexpected errors in Family Tree associated with the names and dates assigned to your ancestors’ life events.
Names
Family Tree displays a data problem called "Problem with Name Language" when the script used to enter person's name does not match the selected language template, if a name field contains the wrong script, or if a name field contains multiple scripts.
You can easily resolve this data problem by using the Language Template feature in Family Tree and double-checking the data fields to make sure that each one contains the right characters or alphabet.
Dates
Where access to historical documents is limited, FamilySearch patrons have sometimes estimated the dates of their ancestors’ most important life events. This has historically been the case for patrons with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean ancestry.
Problems caused by duplication
Additionally, multiple people working independently of one another have, over the years, created multiple records in Family Tree—all for the same person. These are called duplicate records, and they sometimes contain contradictory information.
When possible, FamilySearch attempts to find duplicates and merge them into a single record. If dates from records being merged contradict, however, our systems must decide which date to display on the merged record. Currently, our systems select the date that has been most recently submitted to Family Tree.
The most recently submitted date can be wrong, of course. We recognize this and have even marked some records in Family Tree as containing data problems. We hope that you will take the time to correct these errors when you encounter them.
A team effort
Whenever you make a correction, be sure to provide a source if you can, or at the very least a clearly worded reason statement that will validate your change. If you do, other users who may question the change will be less likely to modify or undo it.
When FamilySearch is listed as a contributor
Before 1994, name cards submitted for temple ordinances in the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean temples were prepared by hand. Although the ordinance information contained on these cards has been carefully preserved, the names of the contributors have not. This can lead to FamilySearch patrons today seeing the name “FamilySearch” listed as the contributor for a particular piece of information.
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